I had got myself a Guider Onyx in BHR during my visit to their shop in late 2017. The pen, a medium sized one, came with a #5 stock nib which although a smooth writer, I thought was too small for the pen. I tried various experiments with the section, such as widening the inner bore to accommodate a larger #6 nib. I was more or less successful but I was not satisfied somehow.
I have had a Sheaffer's Imperial 440 (I think...) with an inlaid nib for a while and I was devastated when one day I noticed a small crack in the barrel. It was a cartridge filler and didn't pose an immediate threat, but i was hesitant to use it after that, even though it was a fabulous writer.
Last week, during the winter holidays, having nowhere to go and nothing much to do, I took out the un-inked pens, basically to tinker around. I soon realised that the Sheaffer section fit the already-modified Onyx pen's barrel perfectly! Just to make things a little more interesting, I switched the recognizable Guider clip with a more generic and chrome finished one.
All said and done, it's turned out to be a beautiful looking pen, don't you think?
